How much love have you given to your 8L recently?

[Andrew@A.L.D]

Just given my S3 £1600 worth of love in form of a new turbo this morning

Pictures to come by the end of next week as Owen Developments are just building it for me.

Bye bye GTX3076 you were fun while it lasted but you were to small ....

 

[Scullies]

Just given my S3 £1600 worth of love in form of a new turbo this morning

Pictures to come by the end of next week as Owen Developments are just building it for me.

Bye bye GTX3076 you were fun while it lasted but you were to small ....

so you finally bought jardo's K03

 

[Andrew@A.L.D]

so you finally bought jardo's K03

 

[A3 NICK]

Sprayed my rocker cover last weekend, nice and shiny now along with some rather nice Momo GTR alloys Saturday i will be changing my thermostat, coolant temp sensor, injector seals, oil and filter, S2000 air filter and inlet manifold gasket. Along with a clean if i have time! View attachment 24205View attachment 24204

 

[Lavis89]

sprayed my catch can and bracket ready for fitting on the weekend

 

[The Doctor]

Not enough! She's sat in the car port covered in cr4p and desperately needing a wash & wax. Still, fitted my winter wheels & 4 brand spanking new Dunlop Winter Sport 4D tyres this weekend, so that's a plus. Just not getting any time when it's actually light and dry to clean her at the moment. All my time seems to be taken up going to kids' parties (with my kids!) recently. Also realised I haven't even looked on AS.net for months! Still love the car though.

 

[mark_S3]

Not enough! She's sat in the car port covered in cr4p and desperately needing a wash & wax. Still, fitted my winter wheels & 4 brand spanking new Dunlop Winter Sport 4D tyres this weekend, so that's a plus. Just not getting any time when it's actually light and dry to clean her at the moment. All my time seems to be taken up going to kids' parties (with my kids!) recently. Also realised I haven't even looked on AS.net for months! Still love the car though.

A man's gotta love a good old kids party. Lol
But at least you got some decent shoes fitted for the winter days.
I've got loads to do but like you find it hard to find time. 2weeks off at Xmas should do me the trick ;-)

 

[Lavis89]

Been a busy one for me! fitting a vent boost pod/gauge it's a crappy gauge but i got it from a ebay auction for a tenner, it will do as a placeholder until i get a good one. Then today i fitted my catch can, the elbow coming off the oil filter housing was a right "%^£%£! didn't want to go back in at all, still not sure if it's on properly now. I also murdered the existing pipework so had to order some 1/2" fuel line for the brake booster.

 

[kwistof]

I finally got round to fitting new ballasts, Phillips xenon bulbs, LED sidelights and got my fog lights working again

All in all it was a very productive Sunday and I can't wait for it to get pitch black again this evening

(Special thanks to Trups for helping me out and providing guidance with the fitting, as this was the first time I'd ever taken my bumper of myself in 5 years and never tackled the headlight units! lol)

 

[jojo]

I took her for a drive yesterday, and I purchased a set of cheap Avus rims to use winter wheels.

 

[mark_S3]

Just purchased these....

Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=120841859554

A bargain price.... So now I need to change rocker cover gasket, these plugs, then fit my B5 V2.2 Tip, Jetex Filter/heatsheild. Change a few pipes then do the N249 delete.
And I might aswell do a oil change aswell.
That's my Christmas love to her.... 2weeks Xmas hols so plenty of days to do it.

 

[doughty29]

i have had my s3 off the road since march/april..
before putting it away i put on/did the following

new windscreen
new tyers all round
v3 badger tip
jetex cone
heat sheild
debaffled charge pipe

i have since bought:
a personalised reg
super pro bushes consisting of,
front controll arm bushes
front anti roll bar bushes
rear anto roll bar bushes
dog bone bushes
rear trailing arm
rear tie bar
steering rack
bilstein b8 shocks
h&r springs
cg dual frition clutch
luk dual mass fly wheel
luk slave
relentless v3 rewelded and ported manifiold
relentless 3" down pipe
relentless 3" de-cat
welly cooler and piping
up rated exhaust gaskets
turbo gaskets
brake runners
updated turbo studs

REFURBISHED-
(cleaned and resprayed)-
front hubs
front wish bones
front ARB
Rear ARB
Rear tie bars
brake calipars
dog bone mount
subframe



Left to Buy
milltek cat back system
grilled and grooved discs
pads
oil
oil filter
new battery
spark plugs
adjustable tie bars
spacers
coolant blue silicone hoses
brake and clutch fluid
remap
4 wheel alignment


bearing in mind all this stuff will have been done with out driving it so i cant wait! not long now just putting the relentless mani on.
wonder how differant it will be?

 

[James_Audi]

Picked my S3 up about 3 months ago and have so far done:-

New rear discs
New rear pads
New wishbone
New rear springs
and 4 new tyres

Still to do:- Thermostat as CTS did nothing (down on power and up on fuel but still getting 31mpg)
Tracking
Centre armrest fix

 

[s3mad_dude]

So now I need to change rocker cover gasket, these plugs, then fit my B5 V2.2 Tip, Jetex Filter/heatsheild. Change a few pipes then do the N249 delete.

Mine has just had a fresh new rocker cover gasket too as it was leaking like a b*tch.
I have also replaced the front Bose speaker because it was blown/damaged, repaired the rear wiper washer jet because it has seized, fitted some new Xenon headlight bulbs and some LED sidelights to match. She's also got a brand new battery.

Today's job - to repair the left micro-switch boot release and to re-attach my lower catalytic converter protective plate/shield.

And then she'll be perfect! Nothing else to do :-D

 

[Prawn]

I bought a new heater motor for mine, and went to fit it last night.

Stripped out the glove box, only to find that the new motor had a different plug.

On investigation though, it was the wiring connection that had failled on the old one. A few new crimps, and it's all fixed and working perfectly.

Finally I might be able to dry the car out and start using it again!

 

[JD09]

New tyres - 2x ContiSport Contact 5 (Saturday)
Spacers (bought)
Cambelt, Aux and waterpump from the TTShop (Saturday week)
Brembo GT Juniors, DS2500s, braided hoses and dimpled disks (bought)
N249 delete vac hose (bought)
Oilpickup, new filter and new oil (done a weekend ago)

Decided the thing is just a good allrounder. Quattro in the wet, launches in the dry, spacious for Xmas trees, shopping etc, powerful enough to see of most 3l whatevers!

 

[Jay A3]

Respray from Matt White to Daytona grey

 

[jojo]

Respray from Matt White to Daytona grey

Looks better than white Jay.

 

[Jay A3]

Thanks joe

 

[JD09]

Thanks joe

How much were you charged, Jay? PM if necessary chap.

 

[russwuss]

How much were you charged, Jay? PM if necessary chap.

Very interested to know this as well, car looks a lot more modern!

 

[Jay A3]

You would be looking around £1500-£2k depending on what paint you choose. Daytona grey has a pearl effect and the paint was £300 by itself plus lacquer and labour

 

[Andrew@A.L.D]

My turbo that i was talking about above

And standalone Haldex controller to cope with up to 5 bar of boost

 

[mark_S3]

My turbo that i was talking about above

And standalone Haldex controller to cope with up to 5 bar of boost

OMG..... A Man can only dream ;-)

 

[Gary_808]

Too much love.. Got top boost hose kit and uprated engine mounts to go on at home... This just arrived in my hotel room..

Now looking at coolers.

Only going to get more expensive I thinks..

 

[Righty4rings]

Since purchasing my S3 in February, it's been very much work in progress to return it to original. Although a 1 owner car from new and having covered 86k with full audi service history it had a few personal touches by its previous owner that needed sorting. I.e. led rear lights and 19" split rims.
So a few changes made have been:
Replacement glovebox.
Removal of amp and custom twin subwoofer install in boot.
Chrome mirrors sourced and fitted.
Original S3 17" wheels refurbished and fitted with continental tyres.
Standard S3 calipers refited along with brembo discs and pads, car was purchased with QST Movit Porsche calipers and discs.

 

[Tj 0785]

Well since January I've spent a fortune on mine it's had
new cam belt and water pump kits
A service
A new clutch
Loads of new silicone pcv hose
New rocker cover gasket
Aux belt
Brake pads
Heat shield
Polybush top mounts
Inner tie rod + tracking
All Wheels refurb
Haldex controller (still not fitted)
Had to get fobs recoded
New. Rear brake line
Rear pads
Front pads
New rear light
Polish n waxed (needs doing again)
Booked in for a remap with badger5
And ordered new headlights of trups
Could of got a few nice mods done with money

 

[Erikn89nl]

2,5 year thread revival!

 

[mark_S3]

2,5 year thread revival!

I know.... I started it....

Mines had way to much love and is in for total exterior makeover at moment...

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[ayfreetee]

Like most of us on here, too bleedin much.

 

[mattyboy199]

In the past 2 years asides from basic services

Front shocks & wishbones including bushes
Rear shocks & springs
Top mounts
CTS & thermostat
Headlight switch
Rear wash repair
Battery
Clutch & flywheel
Sparks plugs & coil packs
Front & raer drop links
Lambda sensor fix
Dipstick tube
Fuel filter
Air filter clean

Most of which i did myself

Since my last post

Fuel pump
New headlight
Crank sensor
Rear disks & pads
Some vac hoses
N249 delete
New plugs
Alarm siren overhaul
DV Service
Dipstick

Otherwise general servicing including cambelt, gearbox oil & rocker cover gasket

 

[mark_S3]

I'll love to list what I've done in the past 2.5years but would take me ages to write....
Probably better listing my progress thread...

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...&share_tid=169799&share_fid=2376&share_type=t
mark_S3 Progress Thread

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[Prawn]

How much love have you given to your 8L recently?

Absolutely none.

Next question?

 

[mark_S3]

Absolutely none.

Next question?

How much abuse have you given your 8L.....? Lol

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[Erikn89nl]

Absolutely none.

Next question?

How much abuse have you given your 8L.....? Lol

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Significant abuse, exclusively verbal

 

[IPG]

My turbo that i was talking about above

the 4 gaps in the flange - do they function as anything? or just a weight saving feature???

 

[superkarl]

the 4 gaps in the flange - do they function as anything? or just a weight saving feature???

You mean the 4 gaps in the compressor cover around the comp wheel?

They are an antisurge feature

 

[IPG]

You mean the 4 gaps in the compressor cover around the comp wheel?

They are an antisurge feature

how's it work?

 

[superkarl]

how's it work?

In very basic terms, allows the compressor to bypass any air it doesn't need that would otherwise cause surging of the compressor wheel.
YouTube surge for the sound it makes


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